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A High-Performance 14C Accelerator Mass Spectrometry System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

M L Roberts ,
J R Burton ,
K L Elder ,
B E Longworth ,
C P McIntyre ,
K F von Reden ,
B X Han ,
B E Rosenheim ,
W J Jenkins  and
E Galutschek
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M L Roberts*
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
J R Burton
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
K L Elder
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
B E Longworth
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
C P McIntyre
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
K F von Reden
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
W J Jenkins
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
E Galutschek
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
A P McNichol
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
*
Corresponding author: Email address: mroberts@whoi.edu
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Abstract

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A new and unique radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility has been constructed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The defining characteristic of the new system is its large-gap optical elements that provide a larger-than-standard beam acceptance. Such a system is ideally suited for high-throughput, high-precision measurements of 14C. Details and performance of the new system are presented.

Type
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 52 , Issue 2: 20th Int. Radiocarbon Conference Proceedings , 2010 , pp. 228 - 235
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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